📜 This Day in History

October 13

• 645Goguryeo–Tang War: Led by Emperor Taizong, the Tang army was forced to abandon a siege of Ansi Fortress.
• 1773French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting, grand design spiral galaxy located an estimated 31 million light-years away.
• 1908British suffragette Margaret Travers Symons became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she escaped from her escort into the chamber and shouted at the assembly.
• 1961Newly elected Burundian prime minister Louis Rwagasore was assassinated by his political rivals.
• 2011The Dragon King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married Jetsun Pema at the Punakha Dzong.
• 2019At the Chicago Marathon, Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei set the marathon world record for women running in a mixed-sex race.

Born on this day

• 1925Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2013)
• 1927Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (died 1993)
• 1958Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist, dissident, writer and editor (died 2018)
• 1989Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician